Wake Up, America. The Real Reason They're Going After Immigrants

https://v.redd.it/5sopgu8nt1lf1

A woman has been apparently using a phone box to shelter in.
Good grief - is this still NZ?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36080169...ed-shelter



But no doubt the Neo Liberals are happy...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3607980...illis-says



Are apparently those who have the nerve to criticise this govt. The 'merchants of doom'....

Really, Nicola? 


Is it not also 'unpatriotic' to push a system which benefits & enriches a small group of already wealthy, by impoverishing & at the expense of, those who are now struggling with ridiculously high rents & a lack of jobs?

Isn't it 'unpatriotic' to allow large numbers of people to be homeless?

And isn't it also 'unpatriotic' to bring in tougher penalties to cope with the rise in crime which these policies have resulted in?

I am of an age where end of life decisions are being considered and worked out, and accordingly I am working through my Advanced Care Directive with the assistance of respected advisers and my current GP.

For those who do not know what one of these things are, it is a question and answer package the Ministry of Health provides on its website, anyone can access it and print it out for their own use, and it covers a range of health questions, including but not only end of life wishes.

It doesn't though have any legal standing, and there are a number of examples where someone's Directive has been ignored or set aside for various reasons, which is a problem that has to be solved.

So I was interested to read this piece in Newsroom this morning, which suggests maybe at long last these will receive some kind of legislative support, if only at a very general level...

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/22/urgent...1756061698

with the economy in this interesting and illuminating interview. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiuI-WG3SPo

If you haven't caught up on the billboard episode it might not make much sense but -

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/09/the-se...1754770562

As if we needed any more confirmation of this MP being an argumentative old fart who is struggling to keep up with modern protocols here we go again  

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3607852...g-high-viz

Thousands of people have had to give up having medic alert bracelets due to the cost of living, allowing it to lapse.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5694...ing-crunch

This is just so utterly petty fgs; these are not obscure words, they're words in fairly common use.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5694...aori-words

Where the hell are all the world's leaders, standing up & loudly condemning this butcher? He appears to be now determnined to destroy both Gaza & all of its people.

What then is the difference between Netanyahu & Hitler?


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1mpe9x80xvt



https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/...s-hrw-says